Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-25
CALIFORNIA.
Weather Reports.

Weather Reports.
GILRoY, February 24th.-Raining hard
| here to-day. Wind southerly, with every
prospect of unsettled weather ahead.
REDWOOD CITY, February 24th.-This Sec
| ton has been beautifully supplied with
rain and it is still coming down. The crops
| will be success.
Rio VISTA, February 24th.-Southeast
wind for two days. Began raining at s A.
NJ. Rainfall to noon 20. Prospects of
| more.
TRUCKER, February 24th.-The antici-
| pated storm has set in, and it is now blow
ing and drifting, giving indications of big
fall of snow. The railroad company has
snow plows in readiness and crews are pre-
pared to keep the road fully open for traffic.
Eight inches of snow have fallen to-day.
AUBURN, February 24th.-After a few
days of clear weather it began raining this
morning, and rained the hardest for the
year for six hours.
| MERGED, February 24th.--A heavy shower
of rain fell here this afternoon, continuing
about one hour, preceded by light drizzle
of two hours duration.
LODI, February 24th.-We had hard
rain again to-day, lasting four hours.
Tonight it is clear and the wind west
LIvERMoRE, February 24th.-Thirty. five
| hundredths of rain fell to-day Ii is clear
| tonight.
The Volcanic Eruption in the Sandwich
sIslands.
| SAN Francisco, February 2ith.-The
steamer Australia, which arrived this morn
| ing from Honolulu, brings full particulars
of great lava flow FROM Mauna Loa The
sight is described as magnificent beyo
description. A column of fire was first
observed from the summit of the crater on
the night of January 18th. The fire died
out before midnight, but it was plain that
great volcanic disturbances we've going on,
as the cessation of the fire was followed by
earthquakes, which followed in quick sue
cession up to the night of the 18th, when
| fire and lava again burst forth from the
mountain side. The length of the flow
| is estimated at twenty miles. This distance
the lava accomplished in two days, spread
| ing as it descended, reaching the sea on the
| evening of January Goth. The stream of
lava continued to flow without Interrupt
| ton until the Goth, when a river of fire
burst forth, following the line of the lava
| flow When the fires famed out the heavy
earthquakes ceased, although slight tremors
were felt at intervals thereafter.
Demand for Irrigation Legislation-A
Suspicious Land Grant.
FRESNO. February 9th At meeting of
| the Board of Trade last night it was re-
| solved that the Legislature be urged to pass
irrigation laws as soon as possible. Also,
to secure an amendment to the code per-
| hitting water-ditch companies, furnishing
water for irrigation, to give bonds for dam
| ages when closed by injunction, and then
be permitted to use the water until the case
| is finally decided. This would afford re-
lief to harrassed settlers in irrigated dis
tricts. The resolution also proposed asking
the ditch companies to commence suit IN
der the law of eminent domain to con-
denim the claims OF riparian claimants.
A telegram was received from Commits
sioner Sparks that the Laguna de Tache
grant is now before the Secretary of the
Interior for consideration. A Commissioner
was appointed to draft a resolution and
forward it to Secretary Lamar, urging care
full examination of the title as the grant
was believed to be fraudulent. The Com
missioner also, TO hunt testimony showing
the character of the grant.
OrovilIe's Boom-sale of Large Tracts of
Land.
OgoviLLE, February 2lth.-A large trac;
OF land, containing l 900 acres, was sold 10
Sacramento parties SATURDAY, ihey VIII
proceed at once 10 cut IL up ana SCI II OUT
IN orange ana oiner iIuils. a tract Vi ialu
containing nearly 100 acres, lying in the
eastern SUBURBS OF tne town. was SOLO 10
New YORK parties TUESDAY. IheS Will
proceed to cat It up mo town lo's.
notwithstanding me Goiu "eather
| throughout the o!ate, OroViie mas seen no
sho" or uaina5ius , IS. ne 3ou a.
orahse .iees on .ne @ 1850 .ns
Ih a. ea ~ iin estbar Tbnnsonds Of frnit
t. s une lemon nersimmon neacb
and cher yar;eties-are being sold here
Ill, Eyor,r train br;ngs canital;sts and
usn r.;., saal,;,a ho,nes IT, bntsls orc
pai.les sa,d ,,nsiness ond ovorv,hin,
uoins $50 ,Ne
seein' pio'pe.
fioNen 70 De"
FoRT BIDwELL, February z4th-Last
| Monday morning James Boiand. young
man living on the mountain above CEDAR
vile, was frozen 10 death. ne ieit nome on
horseback, WIN me intention OF WISHING
ms sis'eI, q ~. ,;,h;r si,. s. h;s 800
ass. y ~. .,,.rnl,,,,a FL la 80 a.
nome he wa. t ose, - vi" ,lL dnu uia
snounl I.. diS,ance ha hecams exb.nsted
loi an, Hn1's
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warrants oi o
REDWOOD CITY, feofaary 24th.-on COM
plant OF the citizens OF MEMO fark war
| rants have been issued oy Dlstrlct Attorney
| Buck for he arrest OF Con Mooney, OF san
| Francisco, ana James W hea. OF san Jose,
for participating IN cock,nght at MEMO
Park. SUNDAY, reoruary ION. II q case
can be maze aSains. nose Two men, " Is
the lnsen'ioii " pioseea'e an eonoeinei IA